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Neurotropism of enterovirus D68 is not a recently acquired property

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with Amy Rosenfeld Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) was first isolated from children with respiratory disease in 1962. No outbreaks of infection were detected until the late summer and early fall of 2014, and then in 2016 and 2018. During these epidemics of respiratory disease, some children developed polio-like paralysis. We have recently published a paper showing …

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TWiV 517: Just in time for Halloween

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Brianne and Vincent tackle two studies that utilize infectious viruses to examine zoonotic potential of Bombali virus, a new ebolavirus from an insectivorous species in Sierra Leone, and a human mumps-like virus from an African flying fox in DRC.  Click arrow to play Download TWiV 517 (48 MB .mp3, 79 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! …

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TWiV 468: Zika by the slice

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Amy Rosenfeld joins the TWiV team to talk about her career and her work on Zika virus neurotropism using embryonic mouse organotypic brain slice cultures. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Click arrow to play Download TWiV 468 (66 MB .mp3, 107 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv

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